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‘Maybe thin, shaky male voices will come into style, but I was hoping more for a real show-stopper that never came.’

‘It's a show-stopper, in the vein of Rimsky-Korsakov's Schéhérazade - lots of exciting climaxes and slightly sweet melancholy.’

‘The stage is then invaded by more children and the resulting musical number is a showstopper.’

‘So when a country with no tradition of musicals found itself needing chorus lines and showstoppers, Lambe was one of a new breed of stage performers capable of answering its call.’

‘Aside from the searing guitar riffs and angry-youth lyrics, there was not a particularly special moment or showstopper, as it were.’

‘But the showstopper is the aptly named globe of death, which sees men riding motorbikes inside a dome-like structure.’

‘So Moulin Rouge's premise seems enticing at first, a musical that lives through popular rock songs, just as the musicals of their time were often written around show-stoppers already making the nightclub rounds.’

‘Old double-winged aircraft and Spitfires practice their showstoppers over our valley before annual air shows.’

‘All the talent in them went into the songs and the dialogue was left to stretch unnaturally between show-stoppers.’

‘Then there is the shy, self-effacing Chris, who electrifyingly takes over the stage, and, to my mind, sparks the whole proceedings with the showstopper, Old Fashioned Romance.’

‘In the main arena, bare-back riding daredevil Lorenzo, the Flying Frenchman, proved to be a showstopper as he performed equestrian stunts with his grey geldings.’

‘Following are simple professional tips from the Netherlands Flower Bulb Information Center in New York City on how to turn any lily flower arrangement into a showstopper.’

‘Formal evening gowns are elegant and can be showstoppers.’

‘There were a number of small bugs which weren't show stoppers but concerned us nonetheless.’

‘The redevelopment will comprise 32 apartments, ranging in price from £250,000 to the £1.25m showstopper.’

2An obstacle to further progress.

‘the subsidy limits proved to be a showstopper for other senior Democrats who refused to pass the bill with such restrictions’

‘The conclusion of the review is that there are no potential "showstoppers" at this stage of the development plan.’

‘I'll mention just two potential show-stoppers presently in the planning stages.’

‘A high oil price is obviously a show stopper, since it hits consumer spending.’

‘The same new research will help determine whether the second problem is a show-stopper or not.’

‘But I do know that what I consider only niggling annoyances can become show-stoppers for newbies.’

‘At first, cost seemed a showstopper.’

‘We have now however heard from several other users who assure us this works on their handsets, so it seems not to be a universal showstopper.’

‘None of these cultural differences is in and of itself a showstopper.’

‘If, despite a low or nonexistent overhead, decent profits still manage to elude a microbusiness, that's not necessarily a showstopper.’

‘There'll be wearing on parts of machinery, combat equipment and helicopters, but it will not be a showstopper.’

‘Aguilar also found differences between the way the two countries conduct business, but no showstoppers.’

‘At the end of the day, if the crew can't get along and the crew can't function together, it's a show stopper.’

‘According to Pawelczyk, associate professor of kinesiology at Penn State, there are three major "showstoppers" that need to be addressed.’

‘I ran into a number of difficulties, but none of them were showstoppers.’

‘The last definition is the showstopper for unions.’

‘Unless we come up with a new technology for storing hydrogen, it's a showstopper.’

‘The weather wasn't perfect, but I quickly was learning that what had been a showstopper in the RAG was daily business in the fleet.’

‘The challenges that remain are considered engineering tasks, not showstoppers.’

2.1Computing A bug that needs to be fixed before a piece of software can be used or released.

‘there were several last minute showstoppers that derailed the Beta 2 rollout’

‘When the beta testers can't find any more showstoppers or the developers can no longer face fixing them or the marketing team has booked loads of advertising, the developers create "release candidates".’

‘There were a number of small bugs which weren't show stoppers but concerned us nonetheless.’

‘Testers have been told to expect several more release candidates over the next few weeks, but Microsoft is only looking for show stopper bugs and regressions from previous Windows releases.’

‘The initial excitement quickly turned to sensational headlines about a "showstopper" or critical bug that may put a damper on the Windows 7 excitement.’

‘The bad news is there's a bug, described as a showstopper.’

‘There aren't any showstoppers but there are lots of minor UI irritations.’